Kansas teen accused of planning school shooting

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Kansas teen accused of planning school shooting
By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | January 15, 2014 | Updated: January 15, 2014 3:17pm

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka teenager is charged with soliciting first-degree murder as part of an alleged plan to shoot two Topeka West High School administrators, a city police officer and an officer at the school, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

The 17-year-old is accused of trying to encourage three other individuals to help with the plot but he had no co-conspirators, Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor said at a news conference to announce the charges.

The boy, who was arrested Tuesday, had a brief detention hearing Wednesday afternoon. It was closed to the public, but a court administrator said afterward that the boy's bond is set at $1 million, and another hearing to set a schedule in the case will be held Jan. 23. The boy was charged as a juvenile but Taylor said he would try to have him charged as an adult.

A telephone message seeking comment left for the boy's mother at her home was not immediately returned.

Taylor declined to release many other details of the alleged plot. He said the investigation began in mid-December after authorities received a tip and the plot was stopped early in the investigation.

"Make no mistake about it, this was a crisis averted," Taylor said.


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[MuseRider]

1. Ahhh my High School.

We never had more than another school come throw their colors all over the walls of the buildings. There was a murder there over a drug deal a few years ago, I was called to that jury but did not have to sit. How things change.